Rome meeting has right focus The Australian EDITORIALS January 16, 2017 The United Nations’ 17 “sustainable development goals” are overly ambitious, if not utopian. They include no poverty, zero hunger, clean water, reduced inequalities, climate action, and major infrastructure. But if substantial progress is to be made, co-operation between business, governments, organisations such as the […]
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What a way to start the 2017 year! There can be no greater affirmation for the work we are doing – than to receive personal endorsement from Pope Francis for the “Co-operative Globalisation” agenda of The Global Foundation. It happened this past weekend, and will give immense encouragement and momentum to our worldwide network of
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Commitments to action, Rome Roundtable 2017 Global Foundation Secretary General delivered the introductory address to Pope Francis at the Clementine Hall at the Vatican on Saturday 14 January. A copy of the text may be found here. Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin delivered the Keynote Address to the Rome Roundtable at dinner on
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Faith-enabled at the Rome Roundtable 2017 \’We seek to be a crossroads of global civil society\’. So said the Global Foundation about itself in Rome, as it brought together participants from across the world and from several faith traditions, from business and the world of investment, academia, science, civil society and the media. The Rome
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Dino Patti Djalal Meets Pope Francis, Talks Palestine akartaglobe.id by Edo Karensa on 10:55 AM January 16, 2017 Jakarta. Dino Patti Djalal, founder of the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia, met with Pope Francis on Saturday (14/01) to discuss the Vatican\’s support of Palestine. Dino, a former deputy foreign affairs minister and presidential spokesman for
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Yeoh meets the Pope thestar.com Monday, 16 January 2017 PETALING JAYA: ASIAN Strategy and Leadership Institute (Asli) chief executive officer Tan Sri Dr Michael Yeoh was received by Pope Francis at the Rome Roundtable in Italy. With them was Global Foundation secretary-general Steve Howard. Yeoh delivered a speech at the roundtable organised by Global Foundation
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Pope Francis to meet The Global Foundation The Vatican has confirmed that His Holiness, Pope Francis, will meet with the Global Foundation during the course of its forthcoming Rome Roundtable, which will take place on 13 & 14 January, 2017. Fifty (50) invited participants and a number of observers from many walks of life, from
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The Rome Roundtable The Rome Roundtable – 13 & 14 January, 2017 The Global Foundation will convene the next edition of its Rome Roundtable, to be held in Rome, Italy, on Friday 13 and Saturday 14 January, 2017. This private, invitation-only dialogue meeting for 50 participants will once again take place with the very
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‘Co-operative Globalisation’: Conversations with two of Australia’s finest Members and guests recently enjoyed discussions in Melbourne and in Sydney with two of the most influential Australians on the international stage, addressing the Foundation’s continuing theme: Getting a Grip on a Nation and a World in Flux. The two gatherings followed recent calls from our membership
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The Global Foundation calls for new era of ‘Cooperative Globalisation’ Getting a grip on a nation and a world in flux The Global Foundation has called for a new era of ‘co-operative’, as distinct from ‘laissez-faire’, globalisation’. We held two consultative discussions with nearly 40 of our members, in Sydney and Melbourne in July, at
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Why The Global Foundation? Why Rome? We are a trusted global platform, with unique convening power We are cross-sectional – ie we bring, to the one table, people from all walks of life The power of the Vatican and other faiths on global issues, yet lack of connecting platforms Continuation of our rolling Ethical and
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Business Leaders Move to Strengthen Vatican Ties Corporate executives seek common ground with Catholic Church on the ethics of global capitalism By Francis X. Rocca – Published in the Wall Steet Journal ROME—Global business leaders sought common ground with the Vatican on a range of ethical issues at a conference that ended here Monday, the
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Background to the Rome round table meeting Steve Howard, Roundtable convenor, Secretary General of The Global Foundation When The Global Foundation and its partners decided to build upon the conclusions of our roundtable discussions on global economic governance, held in Rome in December 2014, we had hopes but concerns about how the year ahead would
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Fighting Forced Labour – A Rallying Call from the Consumer Goods Industry The Board of The Consumer Goods Forum calls for an ambitious action plan and need for global collaboration PARIS, 14th January 2016 ‐‐ The Board of The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) today announced an ambitious, new resolution to fight forced labour issues throughout
Cardinal Parolin: Pope Is Calling All to Put Powers of Human Mind at Service of Common Good “In times of crisis and economic hardship a spirit of global solidarity must not be lost” ZENIT -‐ HSM The Pope is inviting the rich and the poor, the powerful and simple, to put the creative power of
